# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at RC Construction
> OSHA SIR `2015042117` · 4/18/2015 · FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Asphalt and concrete paving machines, pavers
## Employer
- **Name:** RC Construction
- **Location:** Pope Army Airfield, FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, 28307
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was servicing a Gamco concrete paving machine due to a small hydraulic leak.  While servicing the head pulley belt, the employee sustained a puncture wound that released hydraulic fluid into his hand. The puncture wound was cleaned at hospital; however, the employee was hospitalized overnight to ensure there was no remaining hydraulic fluid in his hand.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*